Reigning World Series champions New Zealand beat Canada 39-0 in the first match of the tournament and the Kiwis' third pool match was a 59-0 thrashing of Barbados, ranked 73rd in the world and featuring the son of British R&B legend Billy Ocean, Anthony Bayne-Charles.

It was a bitter sweet day for Bayne-Charles, who was suddenly thrown into the fray in the second half of his side's first match against Canada, an encounter Barbados eventually lost 68-5.

The Canadians having torn down Barbados's defensive walls, Bayne-Charles must have had an inner feeling that things would get worse, with Scotland and the Kiwis to come in the evening session.

Wales fans during the rugby sevens tournament

And when the going got tough, Barbados were unable to get going, losing 56-0 against the hosts, for whom Jones scored two more tries, before the tournament debutants shipped nine tries against a merciless All Blacks.

In Pool C, James Davies ran in a hat-trick as Wales beat Malaysia 52-0 in their opener and coach Gareth Williams's side remained unbeaten with a 29-7 victory over Papua New Guinea, which included three tries from Luke Morgan.

Adam Thomas of Wales breaks the Papu New Guinea defence during their rugby sevens match

But Wales were beaten 19-12 by Samoa in their final match of the day, meaning they were destined to play Australia rather than England on Sunday.

England made short work of Sri Lanka (57-0) and Uganda (40-0) in their first two matches, with Tom Mitchell and James Rodwell scoring four tries each.

But having led 7-5 at half-time against Australia, Simon Amor's England had Daniel Norton and Christian Lewis-Pratt sent to the sin-bin after the break.

Australia took full advantage, Sean McMahon and Jesse Parahi scoring second-half tries to secure the victory.

England's James Rodwell is tackled during the game with Uganda

South Africa, runners-up in the last two World Series and bronze medallists in Delhi, were comfortable winners of Pool B after one-sided victories over Trinidad and Tobago (36-0), the Cook Islands (50-0) and Kenya (22-0).

Fiji, who have won two silver medals and a bronze in previous sevens tournaments at the Games, are not in Glasgow because the qualification period coincided with the South Pacific nation's suspension from the Commonwealth.